Pat Hoddinott, Catriona O'Dolan, Lisa Macaulay, Stephan U Dombrowski, James Swingler, Seonaidh Cotton, Alison Avenell, Abraham M Getaneh, Cindy Gray, Kate Hunt, Frank Kee, Alice MacLean, Michelle McKinley, Claire Torrens, Katrina Turner, Marjon van der Pol, Graeme MacLennan
IMPORTANCE: Effective weight loss interventions are needed for men with obesity. OBJECTIVE: To determine whether an intervention that combined text messaging with financial incentives attained significant weight loss at the 12-month follow-up compared with the control group and whether an intervention of text messaging alone attained significant weight loss at the 12-month follow-up compared with the control group. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: An assessor-blinded randomized clinical trial conducted in Belfast, Bristol, and Glasgow areas in the UK...
May 14, 2024: JAMA